1
a
: the middle part of a square sail
b
: the part of a furled sail gathered up in a bunch at the center of the yard
2
: the bagging part of a fishing net
bunted; bunting; bunts
1
: to strike or push with or as if with the head : butt
2
: to push or tap (a baseball) lightly with a bat without swinging
: to bunt a baseball
bunter
noun
: a destructive covered smut of wheat caused by a fungus (genus Tilletia)
Examples of bunt in a Sentence
Verb
The batter bunted for a single.
He bunted the ball toward third base.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
Cypress had the tying run on third base in the bottom of the seventh but a squeeze bunt didn’t work.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Hundreds of locals piled into boats and sped out of the harbor to the loud crack of a starting pistol, bunting fluttering in the wind, as offerings were thrown onto the shores of a tiny, uninhabited island.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The Mets will go over bunt plays and wheel plays and plays that were often used in games a decade ago, but Mendoza is emphasizing fundamentals of a modern game and wants to see how the team will react to them in live games.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
Cypress had the tying run on third base in the bottom of the seventh but a squeeze bunt didn’t work.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
His team bunted five times in five innings on Tuesday in its season opener against host Sherman Oaks Notre Dame.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Hundreds of locals piled into boats and sped out of the harbor to the loud crack of a starting pistol, bunting fluttering in the wind, as offerings were thrown onto the shores of a tiny, uninhabited island.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunt. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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